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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The question of enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places. This may result, however, in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. It is the responsibility of the managerial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 134, 136, 137, 150 and 151 together. The Deputy will be aware of this Government's ongoing commitment to ensuring that all children with special educational needs, including children with Down syndrome, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs. The policy of my Department is to secure the maximum possible level of inclusion of students with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The external review of Student Universal Support Ireland's was commissioned by the City of Dublin. Therefore the arrangements for the publication of the report will be a matter for City of Dublin VEC

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the July Education Programme is available to all special schools and mainstream primary schools with special classes catering for children with autism who choose to extend their education services through the month of July. My Department also provides for a July Programme for pupils with a severe/profound general learning disability. Where school based...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. Stage 2b of the project which includes Planning Permission, Fire Certification, Disability Access Certification (DAC) and the preparation of tender documents has been approved. The project is listed on the five year school building programme to go to construction in 2015/16.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that, as at close of business on 14th May 2013, it had received 2,557 student grant applications for Co. Kerry, for attendance at both further and higher education. 1,356 have been paid their maintenance or had their entitlement to fees confirmed (where they were awarded a 'fees only' grant). Some 991 applications from Co. Kerry...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. The building project referred to by the Deputies is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. Stage 2b of the project which includes Planning Permission, Fire Certification, Disability Access Certification (DAC) and the preparation of tender documents was recently completed and approved. The project is listed on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Costs (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: There were no costs incurred by my Department in respect of the need to travel to either Luxembourg or Strasbourg for litigation purposes, during the period 2005-2012.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 to 147, inclusive, together. Copies of the documentation requested by the Deputy can be released to her once she has obtained and provided to the relevant section in my Department the appropriate consent from the parent in question. As outlined to the Deputy previously the NCSE identified placements in June 2011 for the children to whom she referred in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Government has protected frontline services in schools to the greatest extent possible in the recent budget and there will be no reduction in teacher numbers in primary schools and in free second level schools for the 2013/14 school year as a result of the recent budget. The DEIS scheme for disadvantaged schools is also fully protected with no overall changes to staffing levels or funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Redundancies (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 232 together. The collective agreement on enhanced redundancy payments to public servants provides that public servants who accept an ex-gratia redundancy payment will not be eligible for re-employment in the public service for a period of two years from termination of the employment. Therefore, an ex-gratia redundancy payment would not be payable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware of this Government's ongoing commitment to ensuring that all children with special educational needs, including children with Down syndrome, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs. The policy of my Department is to secure the maximum possible level of inclusion of students with special educational needs in mainstream primary and post-primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. I wish to advise the Deputy that there has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Graduate Support Schemes (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Over 700 people have been supported under the first phase of the ICT graduate skills conversion courses rolled out from March 2012. A total of 423 people are due to graduate from these programmes by the end of May 2013 and the remainder will complete their programmes before the end of the year. Arrangements for an evaluation of the first phase of the initiative to be carried out over the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Teaching Council's fee for renewal of registration was reduced from €90 to €65 from 1 January 2013. The fee for initial registration remains at €90; I am advised by the Teaching Council that this reflects the greater administrative costs associated with initial registration as opposed to annual renewal of registration. These include acting as a conduit for the Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent and CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. The objective of the redeployment arrangements is that all surplus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The design team is currently working on the preparation of the Stage 2(a) submission. When Stage 2(a) is approved, the project will then progress to stage 2(b) which includes applications for planning permission, Fire Safety Certification, Disability Access Certification and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware of this Government's ongoing commitment to ensuring that all children with special educational needs, including children with Down syndrome, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs. The policy of my Department is to secure the maximum possible level of inclusion of students with special educational needs in mainstream primary and post-primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the student referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision on the 8/4/2013 advising her that she was ineligible in relation to her grant application for 2012/13 academic year. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down in writing by SUSI, and remains of the view that SUSI has...